Example sentences of "not [adv] likely to be " in BNC.

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1	He found in his research on Mexican unions that there was no direct link between union affiliation and militancy , in other words the unions that were controlled from above were not less likely to be militant .
2	If they have to stay in the trench long enough for new roots to develop , they are not so likely to be damaged if you lift them from loose , friable soil .
3	This is not only likely to be painful for him , but it undermines his stability , so that he can only walk slowly , with constant concentration , and he is much more likely to fall over if he has to change direction or if he is distracted .
4	In line with other studies , we found that larger establishments were more likely to use temporary workers but , and more important , we also found that they were not more likely to be " high users " of temporary workers .
5	There is little or no tradition of democratic government in these new states and the influence of Western liberal democratic traditions is not always likely to be great .
6	It has previously been found that an enhanced bile acid loss may also be the consequence of diarrhoea and increased intestinal transit itself , and bile acid malabsorption is not often likely to be the primary cause of the diarrhoea .
7	But these complainants are not really likely to be in the Mendel class ( are they ? ) .
8	There is little right of reply on radio and television and even where it exists it is not particularly likely to be heard by the audience of the original programme .
9	Not too likely to be residential , more probably a row of shops and restaurants and oriental supermarkets .
10	We chose to investigate in the first place the speech of those who are not very likely to be directly affected by mainstream norms , and whose speech is of the type that had been least explored by descriptive linguists — the urban working class .
11	‘ They are n't very likely to be able to help her , are they ?

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